"Arab Spring" continues: Libya rebels in Tripoli, Gadhafi defenses collapse but leader himself not found (Slideshow of day's events)

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8:00 pm EDT, Saturday, August 20, 2011

In this image from video rebel fighters celebrate victory on a street in Zawiya, Libya Friday Aug.19 2011 after they battled for control of the strategic central square against forces loyal to Moammar Gadhafi. Rebel forces were reported to have expelled government forces from Zawiya, a coastal city just 30 miles (50 kilometers) west of Tripoli, on Saturday Aug. 20. They also claim to have captured two more towns - Zlitan in the west and Brega in the east. The momentum in the six-month-old Libyan civil war now appears to have firmly swung in the rebels favor after months of near deadlock. (AP Photo/Sky via APTN)

In this image from video rebel fighters celebrate victory on a street in Zawiya, Libya Friday Aug.19 2011 after they battled for control of the strategic central square against forces loyal to Moammar Gadhafi.

In this image from video rebel fighters celebrate victory on a street in Zawiya, Libya Friday Aug.19 2011 after they battled for control of the strategic central square against forces loyal to Moammar Gadhafi. Rebel forces were reported to have expelled government forces from Zawiya, a coastal city just 30 miles (50 kilometers) west of Tripoli, on Saturday Aug. 20. They also claim to have captured two more towns - Zlitan in the west and Brega in the east. The momentum in the six-month-old Libyan civil war now appears to have firmly swung in the rebels favor after months of near deadlock. (AP Photo/Sky via APTN)

In this image from video rebel fighters celebrate victory on a street in Zawiya, Libya Friday Aug.19 2011 after they battled for control of the strategic central square against forces loyal to Moammar Gadhafi.

"Arab Spring" continues: Libya rebels in Tripoli, Gadhafi defenses collapse but leader himself not found (Slideshow of day's events)

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In this image from video rebel fighters celebrate victory on a street in Zawiya, Libya Friday Aug.19 2011 after they battled for control of the strategic central square against forces loyal to Moammar Gadhafi. Rebel forces were reported to have expelled government forces from Zawiya, a coastal city just 30 miles (50 kilometers) west of Tripoli, on Saturday Aug. 20. They also claim to have captured two more towns - Zlitan in the west and Brega in the east. The momentum in the six-month-old Libyan civil war now appears to have firmly swung in the rebels favor after months of near deadlock. (AP Photo/Sky via APTN)